ZEALOUS—warm, ardent, fervent, enthusiastic, anxious. (Indifferent, careless.)

ZEST—relish, gusto, flavor. (Disgust.)

Noms De Plume of Authors

ASSUMED NAMEREAL NAME
A Country ParsonArchbishop Whately
AgateWhitelaw Reid
A. K. H. B.Rev. A. K. H. Boyd
A. L. O. E.Miss Charlotte Tucker
Alfred CrowquillA. H. Forrester
AmericusDr. Francis Lieber
Amy LothropMiss Anna B. Warner
American Girl AbroadMiss Trafton
Artemus WardCharles F. Browne
Asa TrenchardHenry Watterson
Aunt KittyMaria J. Macintosh
Aunt MaryMary A. Lathbury
BarnacleA. C. Barnes
Barry CornwallBryan Waller Proctor
BenaulyBenjamin, Austin, and Lyman Abbott
Besieged ResidentHenry Labouchere
BibliophileSamuel Austin Allibone
Bill ArpCharles H. Smith
Blythe White, Jr.Solon Robinson
BookwormThomas F. Donnelly
Boston BardRobert S. Coffin
BozCharles Dickens
Brick PomeroyMark M. Pomeroy
BurleighRev. Matthew Hale Smith
BurlingtonRobert Saunders
Carl BensonCharles A. Bristed
Chartist ParsonRev. Charles Kingsley
Chinese PhilosopherOliver Goldsmith
Christopher CrowfieldMrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Chrystal CroftangrySir Walter Scott
ClaribelMrs. Caroline Barnard
Country ParsonA. K. H. Boyd
Cousin AliceMrs. Alice B. Haven
Cousin KateCatherine D. Bell
Currer BellCharlotte Bronte (Mrs. Nichols)
Danbury NewsmanJ. M. Bailey
Diedrich KnickerbockerWashington Irving
DoloresMiss Dickson
Dow, Jr.Elbridge G. Page
Dr. SyntaxWilliam Combe
Dunn BrowneRev. Samuel Fiske
E. D. E. N.Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Edmund KirkeJames Roberts Gilmore
Eleanor KirkeMrs. Nolly Ames
EliaCharles Lamb
Eli PerkinsMatthew D. Landon
Elizabeth WetherellSusan Warner
Ella RodmanMrs. Eliza Rodman
Ellis BellEmily J. Bronte
English Opium-EaterThomas DeQuincy
Ettrick ShepherdJames Hogg
Eugene PomeroyThomas F. Donnelly
FalconbridgeJonathan F. Kelly
Fanny FernWife of James Parton and sister of N. P. Willis
Fanny FieldingMary J. S. Upsher
Fanny ForesterEmily C. Judson
Fat ContributorA. M. Griswold
Father ProutFrancis Mahoney
Florence PercyMrs. Elizabeth Akers Allen
Frank ForresterHenry W. Herbert
Gail HamiltonMiss Mary Abigail Dodge of Hamilton
Gath, also LaertesGeorge Alfred Townsend
Geoffrey CrayonWashington Irving
George EliotMrs. Marian Lewes Cross
George Fitz BoodleWilliam M. Thackeray
George ForestRev. J. G. Wood
George SandMme. Amantine Lucille Aurore Dudevant
Grace GreenwoodMrs. Sara J. Lippincott
Grace WhartonA. T. Thompson
Hans BreitmannCharles Godfrey Leland
Hans YokelA. Oakey Hall
Harriet MyrtleMrs. Lydia F. F. Miller
Harry HazellJustin Jones
Harry LorrequerCharles Lever
Hesba StrettonMiss Hannah Smith
HibernicusDe Witt Clinton
HistoricusWm. G. Vernon Harcourt
Hosea BigelowJames Russell Lowell
HowadjiGeorge William Curtis
HowardMordecai Manuel Noah
Howard GlyndonLaura C. Redden
HyperionJosiah Quincy
IantheEmma C. Embury
Ik MarvelDonald G. Mitchell
IrenæusRev. S. Irenæus Prime, D.D.
IsabelWilliam Gilmore Simms
JanusDr. Dollinger
JaquesJ. Hain Friswell
Jay CharltonJ. C. Goldsmith
Jedediah CleishbothamSir Walter Scott
Jennie JuneMrs. Jennie C. Croly
John ChalkhillIzaak Walton
John DarbyJ. C. Garretson
John PaulC. H. Webb
John Phœnix, GentlemanGeorge H. Derby
Josh BillingsHenry W. Shaw
Joshua CoffinH. W. Longfellow
Kate CampbellJane Elizabeth Lincoln
KirwanRev. Nicholas Murray
K. N. PepperJames M. Morris
LaicusRev. Lyman Abbott
Launcelot Wagstaffe, Jr.Charles Mackay
Lemuel GulliverJonathan Swift
Louise MuhlbachClara Mundt
Major Jack DowningSeba Smith
Marion HarlandMary V. Terhune
Mark TwainSamuel L. Clemens
Max AdlerCharles H. Clark
Minnie MyrtleMiss Anna C. Johnson
MintwoodMiss Mary A. E. Wager
M. QuadCharles B. Lewis
Mrs. PartingtonB. P. Shillaber
M. T. JugJoseph Howard
Ned BuntlineEdward Z. C. Judson
Nym CrinkleA. C. Wheeler
Old BachelorGeorge William Curtis
Old CabinetR. Watson Gilder
Old HumphreyGeorge Mogridge
Old’UnFrancis Alexander Durivage
Oliver OpticWilliam Taylor Adams
OliviaEmily Edson Grigg
OllapodWillis G. Clark
Orpheus C. KerrRobert H. Newell
OuidaLouisa De La Ramé
Owen MeredithLord Lytton
Parson BrownlowWm. Gunnaway Brownlow
Patty LeeAlice Cary
Paul CreytonJ. T. Trowbridge
Pen HolderRev. Edward Eggleston
PequotCharles W. March
PerditaMrs. Mary Robinson
PerleyBenj. Perley Poore
Peter ParleyS. G. Goodrich
Peter PindarDr. John Wolcot
Petroleum V. NasbyD. R. Locke
PhœnixSir Henry Martin
Poor RichardBenjamin Franklin
Porte CrayonDavid H. Strother
Private Miles O’ReillyCharles G. Halpine
Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe
RunnymedeLord Beaconsfield
Rustic BardRobert Dinsmore
Sam SlickThomas C. Halliburton
Saxe Holm MissRush Ellis
Shirley DareMrs. Susan D. Waters
Sophie MayMrs. Eckerson
Sophie SparkleJennie E. Hicks
SparrowgrassF. S. Cozzens
Straws, Jr.Kate Field
Susan CoolidgeMiss Woolsey
TeufelsdrœckhThomas Carlyle
TeuthaWilliam Jerdan
The Black DwarfThomas J. Wooler
The CeltThomas Davis
The DruidHenry H. Dixon
The GovernorHenry Morford
The TravellerIsaac Stary
Theodore TaylorJ. C. Hotten
Thomas IngoldsbyRev. R. H. Barham
Thomas LittleThomas Moore
Thomas RowleyThomas Chatterton
Timon FieldmouseWilliam B. Rands
Timothy TicklerRobert Syme
Timothy TitcombDr. J. G. Holland
Tom BrownThomas Hughes
Tom FolioJoseph E. Babson
Tom HawkinsTheodore W. A. Buckley
TrinculoJohn A. Cockerill
Tristram MertonThomas B. Macaulay
Two BrothersA. and C. Tennyson
UbiqueParker Gilmore
Una MaryA. Ford
Uncle HardyWilliam Senior
Uncle JohnElisha Noyce
Uncle PhilipRev. Dr. F. L. Hawks
Uncle TobyRev. Tobias H. Miller
Veteran ObserverE. D. Mansfield
VigilantJohn Corlett
VivianGeorge H. Lewes
Vivian JoyeuxW. M. Praed
Walter MaynardWilliam Beale
WarhawkWilliam Palmer
WarringtonW. P. Robinson
WarwickF. O. Otterson
WatersWilliam H. Russell
What’s His NameE. C. Massey
Wilibald, AlexisWilliam Hæring
WizardJohn Corlett

PART II.
Readings and Recitations
from the
Most Celebrated Authors

COMPRISING

THRILLING BATTLE SCENES AND VICTORIES; BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIONS; SOUL-STIRRING DEEDS OF HEROISM; WITTY AND HUMOROUS SELECTIONS; PATHETIC PIECES; FAMOUS ORATIONS; RECITATIONS FOR CHILDREN; READINGS WITH ACCOMPANIMENTS OF MUSIC; DRILLS; LESSON TALKS, ETC.